scholarly journals مقیاس ممارسة السیاسة الاجتماعیة للأخصائیین الاجتماعیین Social Workers’ Social Policy Practice Scale

2021 ◽  
Vol 53 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-40
Author(s):  
أحمد عبد الحمید عبد الحمید الابشیهی
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Policy Practice

scholarly journals Social Work and Social Policy Practice: Imperatives for Political Engagement

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manohar Pawar
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Political Action ◽  
Local Politics ◽  
Political Engagement ◽  
Asia Pacific ◽  
Power Structures ◽  
Local Conditions ◽  
Policy Practice

This article discusses why and how social workers need to engage in social policy practice and how such engagement necessitates political action. The local conditions relating to health, education, housing, employment, gender equality and socioeconomic infrastructure in majority of communities in the Asia Pacific region are largely neglected by professional social workers. To make a difference in those communities and to do justice to their own professional values and principles, social workers need to engage in policy practice in several ways. They may also need to re-examine the profession’s non-political and non-religious neutral stand. It argues that to facilitate their necessary political engagement, social workers need to understand and work with local politics and power structures. Such a stand calls for new thinking and altering some aspects of the nature of social work education and practice in the region.

Gender- and power sensitivity, securitisation and social peace: rethinking protection for children exposed to post-separation violence

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zlatana Knezevic ◽  
Anna Nikupeteri ◽  
Merja Laitinen ◽  
Kati Kallinen
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Case Reports ◽  
Professional Practices ◽  
Childhood Studies ◽  
Gender Based Violence ◽  
Everyday Lives ◽  
Gender And Power ◽  
Gender Based ◽  
Mothers Experiences

This article offers a rethinking of protection based on synthesised data from Finland and Sweden on children’s and mothers’ experiences of post-separation stalking, and social workers’ case reports on children risking exposure to gender-based violence after separation. Drawing on critical childhood studies and a feminist approach to violence and security, we ask how children’s everyday lives can be incorporated in a rethinking of protection for children in post-separation contexts. Departing from identified limitations in protective solutions for children, we propose three ways of rethinking the issue of protection: (1) protection as gender- and power sensitivity, (2) protection as securitising the here and now, and (3) protection as social peace. Our findings call for some changes in professional practices, social policy and legislation.<br /><br />Key messages<br /><ul><li>Protective solutions to the problem of gender-based violence in post separation are limited, if existing at all, for exposed children.</li><br /><li>Orientation towards adults and therapy desecuritise childhoods and children’s social peace.</li></ul>

scholarly journals Practising social work

Social Work ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 97-114
Author(s):  
Guy Shennan
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Social Science Knowledge ◽  
The Social ◽  
Research Interviews ◽  
Work Education ◽  
Work Knowledge

The chapter considers changes and developments in the content of social work education under the three headings of social science disciplines, understanding human development and relationships, and theories, approaches and methods for practice. At the start of the period under review, social science knowledge (primarily from sociology and social policy) and human development theories predominated, but as their research base and published literature have expanded, theories and methods for practice have become more prominent. The contribution to knowledge from research conducted by social workers themselves is acknowledged, as is the contribution made by experts by experience, both directly and through research interviews. The prominence of sequences on law for social workers is noted. The chapter concludes by asserting that the broad partnership of interests which should determine the content of the social work knowledge base is threatened by Government's much-expanded role, but that most social work programmes continue to ensure a balanced curriculum.

Social Workers’ Policy Practice in Non-Profit Human Service Organisations in Israel

2016 ◽  
Vol 46 (7) ◽  
pp. 1890-1908 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ateret Gewirtz-Meydan ◽  
Idit Weiss-Gal ◽  
John Gal
Keyword(s):  
Social Workers ◽  
Human Service ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
Policy Practice

Transmigration: the rise of flexible migration strategies as part of superdiversity

2020 ◽  
pp. 100-121
Author(s):  
Dirk Geldof ◽  
Mieke Schrooten ◽  
Sophie Withaeckx
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Urban Areas ◽  
Social Problems ◽  
Migration Studies ◽  
Scientific Debate ◽  
The Social ◽  
Policy Frameworks ◽  
Migration Strategies ◽  
The Eu

This chapter assesses transmigration. Within the fields of migration studies and superdiversity, transmigration and its impact on social policy are still underexplored. Yet, the rising number of transmigrants within Europe — from outside the EU as well as intra-EU-mobility — does not only challenge ideas of belonging and integration, but also existing concepts of governance and social policy. By foregrounding the cases of Brazilian, Ghanaian, and Moroccan transmigrants residing in Belgium in 2014–15, the chapter contributes to a scientific debate regarding these topics. It presents the results of a research project in the two main superdiverse Belgian cities (Brussels and Antwerp), focusing on the social problems and vulnerabilities that relate to transmigration and its inherent temporality and the way that these are experienced and addressed by social workers in superdiverse urban areas within policy frameworks that often do not (yet) recognise the changing context.

Between Majority and Minority: A Model for Understanding and Promoting Culturally Competent Policy Practice in Multicultural Societies

2019 ◽  
Vol 50 (2) ◽  
pp. 506-524 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hani Nouman
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Competence ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
Political Activity ◽  
Culturally Competent ◽  
Practice Model ◽  
Policy Practice ◽  
The Social ◽  
Therapeutic Context ◽  
Different Dimensions ◽  
Policy Arena

Abstract The engagement of social workers in policy-shaping processes reflects the commitment of the social work profession to promoting equality and social justice. Whilst in many countries engagement is a professional requirement, one cannot ignore the fact that it is essentially a political activity inextricably linked to the socio-political context in which it occurs. Cultural competence for engagement in shaping policy processes is necessary to promote effective engagement of social workers in policy practice in cross-cultural political situations. Notwithstanding the focus of the literature on cultural competence in the past decade, it centres mainly on the intercultural encounter between social workers and clients and on the therapeutic context, with emphasis on the practitioner belonging to the dominant Western culture whilst the client belongs to the less dominant ‘other’ in society. This article attempts to fill the gap by developing a theoretical culturally competent policy practice model to examine different dimensions of cultural competence required for the engagement of social workers from different ethnic groups in the policy arena. In addition, the article presents the significant implications of the model for policy, practice and research.

Practice and Policy: A Family Focus

1978 ◽  
Vol 59 (5) ◽  
pp. 259-265 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol H. Meyer
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Social Workers ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Family Focus

In considering and dealing with the impact of social policy on families, social workers should elicit all possible implications—good or bad—for practice

Social work academia and social policy in Israel: on the role of social work academics in the policy process

2019 ◽  
pp. 89-104
Author(s):  
Idit Weiss-Gal ◽  
John Gal
Keyword(s):  
Social Work ◽  
Social Policy ◽  
Policy Formulation ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Social Work Faculty ◽  
Policy Practice ◽  
The Social ◽  
Schools Of Social Work ◽  
Policy Engagement

This study contributes to research on policy practice by enriching our knowledge about the forms that the policy engagement of social work academics takes, the dynamics of this engagement, and the factors associated with it. The study is based on structured interviews with 24 faculty members from schools of social work in Israel, all of whom are actively involved in policy formulation. The findings of the study reveal that participants are motivated by ideology and values to engage in policy and that they do so despite their perception that there is a lack of institutional support for this type of activity. The participants report that they successfully manage to combine their policy-related activities with teaching and research. The study also indicates that the social policy formulation process in Israel offers specific opportunities for the policy engagement of social work faculty.

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